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2. Rodenticide - Wikipedia

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   Rodenticides are chemicals made and sold for the purpose of killing rodents. While commonly referred to as "rat poison", rodenticides are also used to kill mice, woodchucks, chipmunks, porcupines, nutria, beavers, [1] and voles. [2] Despite the crucial roles that rodents play in nature, there are times when they need to be controlled. [3] [opinion]

3. Brodifacoum - Wikipedia

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   Brodifacoum is a highly lethal 4-hydroxycoumarin vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant poison.In recent years, it has become one of the world's most widely used pesticides.It is typically used as a rodenticide, but is also used to control larger pests such as possums.

4. Powdered corn cob - Wikipedia

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   Similar to other rodenticides, the preparation requires 3–7 days to be effective. Rather than killing rodents through internal haemorrhaging as anticoagulants do, [9] PCC affects a rodent’s digestive system, causing acute dehydration due to its extremely absorptive nature (corn cob has been used in applications such as oil spills in water bodies, seed drying and de-icing). [10]

5. Bromethalin - Wikipedia

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   Bromethalin was discovered in the early 1980s through an approach to find replacement rodenticides for first-generation anticoagulants, especially to be useful against rodents that had become resistant to Warfarin-type anticoagulant poisons.

6. Officials Decide To Drop 600 Tons Of Pesticide On Island To ...

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   The NGO Mouse-Free Marion has a plan to eradicate the mice using 600 tons of potent rodenticides dropped across the island by helicopters over several months. Image credits: Tom Peschak.

7. Bromadiolone - Wikipedia

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   Bromadiolone is a potent anticoagulant rodenticide. It is a second-generation 4-hydroxycoumarin derivative and vitamin K antagonist, often called a "super-warfarin" for its added potency and tendency to accumulate in the liver of the poisoned organism. When first introduced to the UK market in 1980, it was effective against rodent populations ...